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Little Women is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott, originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. The story follows the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—and details their passage from childhood to womanhood.
- Louisa May Alcott
- 1868
Jun 18, 2024 · Little Women, novel for children by Louisa May Alcott, published in two parts in 1868 and 1869. Her sister May illustrated the first edition. It initiated a genre of family stories for children. The novel has two sequels: Little Men (1871) and Jo’s Boys (1886).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Nov 13, 2009 · The first volume of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved children’s book Little Women is published on September 30, 1868. The novel will become Alcott’s first bestseller and a beloved children’s...
Aug 20, 2018 · “Little Women” was written in less than six months. “Her health is by no means yet restored,” Bronson wrote philosophically in his journal in 1869, soon after the book’s publication.
- Joan Acocella
Sep 28, 2015 · On September 30, 1868, the first volume of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women was published. It was an immediate success, and Alcott authored a second volume at a punishing pace, completing the text in just two months.
May 11, 2018 · With the BBC production of Little Women premiering on Masterpiece on PBS, here's a look at the real people who inspired Louisa May Alcott.
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Alcott began Little Women in 1868, after the Civil War, in which she had served as a nurse during the winter of 1862–1863. She completed part one in only six weeks, and did not revise it as she was in the habit of doing for her adult fiction. It was published as a complete novel.
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